When the speakers of Thucydides' party complained that Pericles had wasted the public money and destroyed the revenue, he asked the people in the
Pericles’ Career – 3
The building of the temples, by which Athens was adorned, the people delighted and the rest of the world astonished and which now alone prove that the
Pericles’ Career – 2
Thucydides represents the constitution under Pericles as a democracy in name but really an aristocracy, because the government was all in the hands of
Pericles
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionUnder the sway of Pericles many changes occurred in the civil affairs of Athens